Wine makers cleaning up and estimated the damage on tourism. For more information on the Napa Valley earthquake, visit the IRIS teachable moment, the UNAVCO Data event page, USGS, and Ramon Arrowsmith's Active Tectonics blog. Eight were repaired Sunday night. Most of the seismic activity in the region occurs due to the transform boundary between the tectonic plates and movement in the San Andreas Fault Zone. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: Learn more about UA's notice of nondiscrimination. The earthquake was centered 4 miles (~6 km) northwest of American Canyon, and over 100 aftershocks were felt after the main event. The trade association pegs the industry's total economic impact in Napa County at $13 billion a year. A total of 60,000 people felt the greatest level of severe shaking, and 86,000 were subjected to very strong shaking. Introduction The 2014 M w effects of the selected arrays. Since that time, it has been bolstered by additional NVV fundraising efforts. It is the first time scientists have formally forecast the gradual shifting of the ground in a residential area after an earthquake. A state of emergency was declared in Southern Napa Valley after the earthquake, and damage costs are still being estimated. Of those, 17 were admitted and one person there is in critical condition. Governor Brown declared a state of emergency on August 24 The strongest earthquake in 25 years shook Northern California early Sunday, causing significant damage and injuring scores in the heart of the Napa wine region. The epicenter of the earthquake was approximately 9 miles south of the City and approximately 4 miles from the Project site. Six mobile homes were destroyed and several other houses damaged in blazes that broke out following the earthquake. This and other photographs of the damage are credited to this New York Post website. Economic loss topped $ 1 billion. At 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), the event was the largest in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. -NBC's Daniel Macht and NBC Bay Area's Lisa Fernandez contributed to this report. Among the analyzed ground motions, we focus on the analysis results of the mainshock and aftershock of 2014 M w 6.0 South Napa Earthquake. Earth and Environmental Sciences assistant professor William Barnhart used GPS and satellite measurements from the magnitude 6.0 South Napa, California earthquake on August 24, 2014, to create a three-dimensional map of how the ground surface moved in response to the earthquake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was three miles from American Canyon, six miles from Napa, and eight miles from Sonoma. It is now hosted at UNAVCO for archival purposes; as of 10/30/19, the accuracy of all hyperlinks is no longer updated. Six mobile homes were destroyed and several other houses damaged in blazes that broke out following the earthquake. At one point Sunday, the number left in the dark following the earthquake was estimated to be about 70,000. Finding 2.3: The South Napa earthquake highlighted the vulnerability of water and wastewater systems to earthquake-related ground failure, the additional fire hazards that earthquake-related water-system failures can pose, and the fiscal challenges that public agencies face in improving Prior to the 2014 South The South Napa earthquake along the San Andreas Fault reached 6.0, caused roughly $1 billion in damage, injured 200, killed one and jolted plenty of … Video retrieved from IRIS EPO YouTube channel here. The quake damaged many buildings, causing injury to over 170 citizens, power outages, fire hazard, and infrastructure failure. On Sunday, August 24, 2014 at approximately 3:20 AM local time, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake was felt across South Napa Valley and the San Francisco Bay area. The earthquake's epicenter was a few miles south of Napa Valley's renowned wineries, and the quake busted barrels and bottles of precious vintages. Strainmeters, seismometers, and GPS stations are used alongside satellite and aerial imagery help us research the physical processes that control continental boundaries and crustal deformation, such as the San Andreas Fault zone. Johnson, LA, Mahin, SA (2016) The Mw 6.0 South Napa earthquake of August 24, 2014: A wake-up call for renewed investment in seismic resilience across California. some tasting rooms and wineries reported damages and lost inventory. USGS: Sunday's Quake Was Largest to Impact Bay Area Since 1989 - Los Altos, CA - The agency has dubbed the incident the "South Napa Earthquake." Thirty-three buildings in Napa itself have been "red-tagged" as uninhabitable. 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